The Good News (TM) Thread...

[Jessterw]

Intentionally this time


Edit: As a nice visual image...

[ND66]

There is more on the way, happy sledding.... .

Blast of snow, sleet hits Texas, Okla.
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 11 minutes ago

A bone-rattling blast of sleet and snow kept Texas and Oklahoma residents shivering in its icy grip, while a blizzard north of Los Angeles caused big-rigs to jackknife.

At least 65 storm-related deaths have been reported in nine states since Friday, including 10 in Texas and 23 in Oklahoma. The Alamo was closed Wednesday, as was a 300-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in Texas from Fort Stockton to San Antonio.

Much of the brunt of the latest Southern storms was to move east Thursday — but the reprieve may be short-lived. Another barrage was to bring up to 8 inches snow to the Plains by late Friday.

Students who enjoyed extended weekends after Martin Luther King Jr. Day were to head back to class Thursday in San Antonio, Houston and Austin as transportation officials reopened some roadways that were closed because of icy conditions.

Snow accumulations were light by some other regions' standards — the Dallas area topped out at 3 inches — but hundreds of airline flights were canceled and tens of thousands of electricity customers lost power.

A Houston city employee was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a car and knocked over a guardrail as he and a co-worker tried to help an accident victim, said Frank Michel, spokesman for Houston Mayor Bill White. "Very tragic," Michel said. "He was attempting to be a good Samaritan and lost his life."

No place in Oklahoma has been harder hit than McAlester, where many stores were operating on generator power. At the E-Z Mart, store manager Becky Clayton was selling out of bags of ice, soda, water and potato chips. With most restaurants and cafes closed down here, customers also made a run on her deli.
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[Jessterw]

Yeah, they're actually predicting 8" to 10" this weekend. Hmm... decent layer of snow on-top of a nice blanket of ice (or sleet rather)... that's going to make for some not so great conditions.

Since this is the good news thread, the kids have been out of school this whole week and if things don't improve it looks like there might be some days off next week as well. You can guess who this good news for; it's not my sanity